Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 714.1515/10

The Minister of Guatemala to the Secretary of State

[Translation]

Legation of Guatemala,
Washington, February 21, 1917.

Mr. Secretary of State: By a cablegram which I have just received my Government directs me to tell your excellency that a large Honduran armed force, instigated by a company styled “Cuyamel” has invaded a wide stretch of Guatemalan territory, that my Government, ever desirous of keeping in good harmony with the neighboring countries, proposes to use every pacific means to bring about the withdrawal of that force.

In having the honor of complying with the instructions I have received I avail [etc.]

Joaquin Méndez